Horrified by the deaths of all our bees.

I have to say, in my opinion one of the great, vital foods is HONEY.
I have it in tea, coffee... never sugar.

It tastes better and is good for you.

Even in prison it was my one essential luxury.

So please help SAVE OUR BEES (and tigers - what is going on in the world?).

My brother keeps bees.

When they his hives were in my mother's garden I was surprised at the number of dead bees littered about.

There are thousands in a hive and they only live for so many weeks and quite quickly you get lots of little bodies around the hive.

If they die inside they get taken out by the other bees.

Most of them must be in our conservatory, we've had about half a dozen massive bees in there every day for the past couple of weeks. Some of them are absolutely bloody huge and make the noise of a small plane but they truly are fantastic creatures....

I had two wasp nests in the loft, totally revolting structures.

I have to say about honey, I find it quite mythical that it is good for the voice, salt water is better.
I seem to recall the native bee problem is akin to the lack of red squirell problem, they have been outnumbered by a stronger species or two.

Latest - mobiles may be the assassins.

Wouldn't surprise me; their insidious influence could be destroying a great deal.

As for honey, I will swear on the qualities.

I just wish someone with entrepreneurial skills (your brother, Zoo?) would start manufacturing sugar free honey for diabetics.

Low calorie, sweet and with the wonderful honey taste. SPLENDID! (It's not splendid, it's Splenda)

Isn't the problem bee-mites - they've been doing well with recent warm winters. Tobacco smoke gets rid of them.

Honey's main ingredients are - Fructose: 38%, Glucose: 31%, Water: 17%. So that sugar and bit of water. Looks like the diabetics are out of luck.

My brother does it as a hobby but he does sell off a surplus, recently the demand is for honey with bits in it - got some fancy title so health food shops can sell it at a premium - he likes this this as it saves him from having to filter it. (The filter he uses is sand, imagine the fun of honey soaked sand)

Come on Zoo; if they can take the glucose out of sugar, why not honey?

I once even had a hit under the name SAKKARIN!

JK2006 wrote:
Come on Zoo; if they can take the glucose out of sugar, why not honey?

I once even had a hit under the name SAKKARIN!

I don't know - ask the bees, they're supposed to be industrious

Seeing as honey is mostly sugars and water the flavour thing must be very powerful indeed.

Actually...

More honey flavoured I think.

Wanabe Low Carb Sugar-free Imitation Honey

Steel's Nature Sweet Honey